Chapter 42 - Please not Spencer too.


    "More cake!!" One of the little kids at Leo''s party pestered M. She gave an exaggerated sigh. Her


    mood had been ruined, her entire day had been ruined.


    "Hey, are you okay?" De asked her friend who had a sour look on her face. Before M could


    respond, she had one question.


    "What is Molinero doing here?" She questioned.


    "Well, Garreth asked me to add him onto the list. He is new in the city and hardly knows anyone-"


    "Right.." M nodded, rolling her eyes. She didn''t want to rm her best friend so she decided not to


    say anything.


    "I know you guys slept together-"


    "No, De it''s alright." M assured her friend but what she really wanted to ask was how Garreth and


    Alfredo knew each other. Was she right all along, is Garreth part of the mafia? Just like Alfredo.


    Something was really fishy, she turned to look at Garreth who was talking to Spencer and Alfredo.


    M gasped.


    "God, please not Spencer too."?She whispered under her breath as it finally dawned onto her. De


    was really starting to like a guy besides her asshole husband and now the second perfect guy seems to


    have ties with Garreth. Alright maybe she was freaking out, just because Alfredo was a mafia Don, it


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    doesn''t mean Garreth and Spencer are.


    "You seem a little flustered?"


    "We''re not friends Marc!!" M spat at the woman who had her makeup, heavily done.


    "You''re in such a sour mood." Marc replied in Spanish.


    "I don''t know what you''re really doing here but if you hurt De and Leo, you will have me to answer


    to."


    Marc onlyughed at this.


    "You have no idea what you''re talking about, little girl. You need to getid, you need to find a man and


    stop clinging onto my daughter just because she suddenly has a rich father."


    "That''s the problem with you Marc." M chuckled. "You think everyone is like you?"


    "Like me?"


    "Yes like you! You think the world revolves around getting a ''man'' well not just a man but a rich man.


    You cling onto anything and anyone with money and a reputation. Is that why you''re here today? Have


    you even apologized to your daughter or you think bringing your son here is an apology enough. I feel


    sorry for you because you will never have a mother-daughter rtionship with De. That ship has


    sailed, it''s toote she doesn''t need you. Go y family with your rich husband thanks."


    This honestly hurt Marc.


    For the first time, she was speechless. Giving M a chance to walk away.


    Deep down, Marc knew that De didn''t need her anymore.


    "Marc..."


    That voice.


    "Ja- Garreth, I''m not here for you." Marc replied attempting to walk away but Garreth held her hand.


    It was undeniable that she hated him so much because she will always feel something for this


    psychopath. He was after all her first love.


    "I know, just thought I would greet you." Garreth said softly. She couldn''t deny that he looked


    handsome, he always did. She didn''t know why she was thinking about him in this manor. She had a


    husband who adored her. She couldn''t be thinking like this.


    "Oh alright." She replied, clearly provoked.


    "She is beautiful isn''t she, our gem." Garreth said finishing his whiskey in one go. As they both stared


    from a distance, staring at De who was talking to Leo about something.


    "She is." Marc replied.


    "But you have a family now so you can just forget about De and I." Garreth said softly. "I know I''m the


    reason why De had to suffer at your hands."


    Marc almost chocked on her wine.


    "You''re wicked Marc. You''re beyond deleterious. De had a son and the father turned out to be an


    arsehole but you don''t see her taking out all her anger on that innocent little boy."


    "That''s very riching from a killer." Marc said defending herself but truthfully, she felt unwee.


    It''s as if she didn''t deserve to be here, she didn''t-


    Leo didn''t even know who she was.


    "I would never treat my own child that way even if the mother turned out to be a bitch." Garreth gave


    Marc a smile.


    "I don''t forget Marc, I never forget. Trust me when I say your time ising. You abused my


    daughter when you could have given her up for adoption. I might love you even until this day but


    ending your life with my own hands would give me bliss." Garreth gave her a clean white smile.


    Marc shivered.


    "You better not do anything to my son." She said protectively.


    "Sweet Marc, I wish you cared about our daughter as much as you love your little Lyle. He goes to


    Saint Patrick''s right? Good school."


    "Jake, how dare you threaten me? I will take you to the police for every little thing you''re saying to me


    right now. I hate you." Marc was scared, she had never been scared not even when she was close


    to death because of her drug usage.


    "Cute." Garreth muttered. "Not now of course because now I have to focus on the Levetté family. Your


    time wille."


    "Gramps-" Leo came running towards Garreth. He immediately lifted the now seven year old up.


    "Leo, look now you messed up your grandpa''s suit?!" De said amused by her son''s actions.


    "It''s alright." Garreth smiled broadly. Leo was swimming in his trunks then immediately ran for his


    grandfather.


    "Hi?" Leo said to Marc.


    "Uhm-you remember Mommy''s"


    "Your friend who came the other time?" Leo added making Marc feel even more unwee. Her


    grandson thought she was her mom''s friend. She didn''t have anyone to me, she had introduced


    herself that way. She realized in that moment that she could never have what Garreth has with Ad in


    such a small amount of time or what Garreth has with Leo.


    There was awkward silence until Garreth walked away with Leo, talking about the present he had


    bought for him. How his present was the biggest. Leo was also sure to tell his grandfather about her


    mom''s new boyfriend whom he really didn''t like. Garreth has to convince Leo that Spencer was a good


    person because he would be around for a while.


    "Marc.. thanks for bringing Lyle..." De said softly.


    It was awkward, she didn''t want to say anything that would make her mother angry. She knew anything


    that came out of De''s lips automatically made her angry and triggered. De was over it, over


    needing her mother''s attention or approval.


    "Yeah.. figured you could bond with your little brother.." Marc replied.


    "Yeah but he seems to be bonding with my son more than me." De gave a nervousugh, she didn''t


    know what to say to her mother.


    "Yeah.." Marc replied, her pride wouldn''t let her apologize.


    "I''m just going to go check on him.." De said and Marc nodded. De couldn''t just pretend that,


    her mother had always been there and that nothing was wrong with this scene.


    De was on her way upstairs, she needed to get Leo some new clothes to change into. She was really


    d that Andre had made the effort of making him a room in his home or what used to be their home.


    They had nned that when they have a big family they would decorate these rooms now they were all


    just an empty space.


    She looked around Leo''s room, she could see the effort that Andre had put. She didn''t think that he put


    in all the effort, he probably hired someone to do this. Her breath hitched when she heard the door


    open and softly close. She knew it was him because of his cologne. She just knew. If De had said


    she was avoiding him.. that would be an understatement considering she had recently made it official


    with Spencer Hurst. She was ready to move on and she didn''t want any bad blood between herself and


    Andre.


    "You were taking too long.." Andre said. "Thought I should check up on you."


    "I''m fine.." She nervously chuckled. "I once lived in this house, I could never be lost." She said turning


    around to face him.


    "Yeah.." He replied. His eyes swept over her delicate face and her soft lips that he missed so much and


    dreamt about almost daily. This was their sad reality..


    "Why are you really here Andre?" She asked him.


    He didn''t take a minute to reply. "Truthfully, I wanted to be alone with you."


    "Why?" She questioned.


    "I never got the chance to apologize, I was selfish enough to put all the me on my mother when it


    was entirely my fault." He paused. "I''m sorry Ad, I''m truly sorry that you had to go through all that


    shame and misery at the hands of my family and mostly myself. You didn''t deserve that." He said


    running his fingers through his blonde hair. His baby blue eyes flickered, looking moist. "I know, there is


    absolutely no excuse for the way.. I treated you. I didn''t mean toy my hands on you. I''m sorry Ad-"


    He couldn''t even finish his sentence. De felt touched, first his mother apologizing and now him.. why


    couldn''t Marc do the same. She didn''t even attempt to-


    "I know I always say, I have forgiven you but.. hearing that really gave me the peace I needed to move


    on. Thank you Andre." De said softly, Andre stepped close to wipe away her tears. For a moment


    they justid there in each other''s arms. Finally at peace with their past and everything that had


    happened and all they had been avoiding.


    "I hope you get to find love again.." She said pulling away from him.


    "Just like you have with Spencer?" He questioned, he wanted to know if Ad really loved this man.


    Did she love him or this was a just a thing of the moment?


    She didn''t reply.


    "You love him?" Andre asked.


    "You can''t ask that of me." She simply said walking away from him. It was only a question and he


    wanted to know. He was curious but at most he was d they got to talk and find even the littlest of


    closure.


    Things were going slow but they were looking up.